SOCI 1002H Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Institutional Racism, Bourgeoisie, Workplace Harassment
21 Mar 2017
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White people can count on certain things: diminishing whiteness" of canadian population, linguistic descriptor; no biological/ genetic whiteness. Impact of language: cultural meaning of white: 20. 6% of the total population is foreign born"; the highest proportion among the g8 countries, white privilege: the guarantee of social advantage. Racism: overt and tangible acts against a group on the basis of physical difference. Racialization: subtle processes of that position groups as different treatment. Racial inequality in canada: christianization: morality civilization the savages", 1800-1900s, science: eugenics well born", 1920-1960, multiculturalism: immigration policy who gets in", 1970-1990, globalization, migrant labour, flexible labour, bad jobs", 2000s. Immigration legacies: black slaves, chinese labour, head tax, japanese internment camps, south east asian hindu invasion", anti-semitism, segregation, non-voting, no property rights, occupational restrictions, today , mass incarceration, racial profiling, human trafficking. Order theories: cultural democracy: cultural change, discrimination and prejudice [actions and attitudes] addressed through laws and education, multicultural policies of inclusion and tolerance, assimilation: shared values.
